Radiation News Roundup February 11, 2014

Cement is not stopping highly contaminated nuclear waste from flowing out of reactor buildings at Fukushima. enenews.com

Unit 2 of the four-unit Tricastin nuclear power plant in southern France has been given approval by the French nuclear regulator to operate for a further ten years. world-nuclear-news.org

The Czech Republic and Jordan have agreed to cooperate in the peaceful development of nuclear power with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during Czech President Miloš Zeman's visit to the Middle Eastern country. world-nuclear-news.org

The bulk of the excavation work has been finalised and more than 1,900 cubic metres of concrete poured as the ground floor of Australia’s new $168 million (129 million US dollars, 114 million euros) nuclear medicine manufacturing facility near Sydney takes shape, with operation on schedule for 2016, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) said. nucnet.org